Item 67 - Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2022-01 (Billboards Ordinance)

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CITY OF SANTA ANA Planning and Building Agency 20 Civic Center Plaza ● P.O. Box 1988 Santa Ana, California 92702 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CA. The City of Santa Ana encourages the public to participate in the decision-making process. The following notice is being provided so that you can ask questions, make comments and stay informed about projects that might be important to you. We encourage you to contact us prior to the Public Hearing if you have any questions. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN - The City Council of the City of Santa Ana will hold a public hearing to receive public testimony and will take action on the item described below. Proposed Action: Approve Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2022-01 to repeal Article XII (Off- Premise Commercial Advertising Signs) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) and adopt a new ordinance that would allow the construction of new digital billboards and reconstruction of existing billboards with digital displays, subject to certain location and development standards. Environmental Impact: In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) including one technical study evaluating air quality and greenhouse gas, was prepared for the project. No areas of significance or unavoidable impacts were determined to occur from the construction or operation of the proposed project with the implementation of mitigation measures. The MND was available for public review and comment for 30 days as required by CEQA between March 7 and April 6, 2022. One comment was received from the City of Orange. A written response to the comment were prepared and incorporated into the environmental document. The project requires adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), which will reduce all identified impacts to less than significant with implementation of the MMRP. Based on the environmental checklist form completed for the proposed project and supporting environmental analysis, the project would have no impact or a less than significant impact on the following environmental issue areas: Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrology and Water Quality, Land Use and Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population and Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Utilities and Service Systems, and Wildfire. The proposed project’s impacts on the following issue areas would be less than significant with the implementation of mitigation: Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Tribal Cultural Resources. All impacts would be less than significant after mitigation. Meeting Time and Date – This matter will be heard on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 5:45 p.m. or thereafter in the City Council Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92702. All interested persons can refer to the following link on the date of the meeting for more information and instruction for participating in the meeting www.santa-ana.org/cc/city-meetings. How To Make Comments - If you do not wish to appear at the public hearing, you may also send your written comments to the Clerk of the Council, by mail to City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza – M30, Santa Ana, CA 92701 or via e-mail at ecomments@santa-ana.org (reference “City